Play is suspended during the fourth inning between the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees because of faulty stadium lights in left field at O.co Coliseum on June 14, 2014 in Oakland, Calif.

Play is suspended during the fourth inning between the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees because of faulty stadium lights in left field at O.co Coliseum on June 14, 2014 in Oakland, Calif.

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In this March 31, 2010, photo, Oakland Athletics owner and managing partner Lew Wolff, left, and general manager Billy Beane, center, watch as the Athletics played the Cincinnati Reds in a spring training baseball game in Phoenix. less

In this March 31, 2010, photo, Oakland Athletics owner and managing partner Lew Wolff, left, and general manager Billy Beane, center, watch as the Athletics played the Cincinnati Reds in a spring training ... more

A's on the move to San Antonio or Montreal?

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Oakland City Councilman Larry Reid says he doesn’t believe the A’s are bluffing in their threat to leave the city if they don’t get a 10-year lease extension at the Coliseum, and he pointed to a pair of possible destinations — Montreal and San Antonio, Texas.

Reid said that was the word he got from the Coliseum Authority negotiators who have been working for the past 14 months to try to reach an A’s lease extension.

“They have options,’’ Reid said.

Both cities would have issues. San Antonio has a domed stadium, the Alamodome, that is used mainly for football. It has hosted baseball exhibition games the past two years, but its right-field fence was a mere 280 feet from home plate, at least 50 feet closer than the standard ballpark.

Montreal used to have a Major League Baseball team, the Expos, who bolted for Washington, D.C., in 2004 — after the city refused to build a ballpark to replace Olympic Stadium, if that sounds familiar.

Montreal has “already demonstrated their support of a professional team,” Reid said.

A’s spokesman Ken Pries said he couldn’t confirm or deny whether the team was working up a Tex-Mex appetite or hankering for a home north of the border. He said the team was simply “sitting back and waiting to see what happens (with the Coliseum lease) and hoping for the best.’’

Council members have been at odds over whether to approve the latest agreement or push for tougher financial terms, including a share of advertising proceeds from the new, $10 million scoreboard the A’s agreed to install. They also are demanding the A’s stay at least 4 1/2 years before they can terminate their lease, and they want to make it easier to cancel the team’s lease should the Oakland Raiders commit to building a new football stadium at the Coliseum site.

The city’s muscle flexing last week prompted Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to jump into the fray, authorizing the A’s to seek a new home outside Oakland immediately if the current terms of the agreement aren’t approved.

When asked if he thought the threat was real, county Board of Supervisors President Nate Miley said, “I’d put money on it.’’